WELLS FARGO BANK, LOCATED IN A SAFEWAY STORE ON CANYON DEL REY ROAD, IN DEL REY OAKS, WAS ROBBED AROUND 3:30 P-M ON FRIDAY. A MAN, APPEARING TO BE IN HIS 30’S AND WEARING GLASSES AND A GREEN BASEBALL CAP, ENTERED THE BANK AND APPROACHED THE TELLER WITH A NOTE, DEMANDING MONEY. THERE WAS NO WEAPON IN SIGHT. ANYONE WITH ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ROBBERY IS ASKED TO CALL DEL REY POLICE AT 375-8525.

SANTA CRUZ BIG WAVE SURFER, 32 YEAR OLD SHAWN DOLLAR, PADDLED AND SURFED A 61 FOOT WAVE LAST DECEMBER AT CORTES BANK, OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, 100 MILES WEST OF SAN DIEGO. IT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, AS THE BIGGEST WAVE EVER PADDLED AND SURFED, ON RECORD. THE WAVE WAS CAUGHT BY HUMAN PADDLE POWER EFFORT AND WAS LARGER THAN ANY OTHER WAVE CAUGHT LAST YEAR BY ANY METHOD, EVEN WITH THE USE OF JET SKIS . THIS MARKS DOLLAR’S SECOND TRIP TO THE BOOK OF RECORDS. HE HAD A SHORT-LIVED TENURE IN 2010 FOR A 55-FOOTER AT HALF MOON BAY , BUT WAS BESTED BY HAWAIIAN SHANE DORIAN WHO RODE A 57-FOOTER LATER THAT YEAR AT MAUI.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALINAS IS URGING PEOPLE TO SECURE PERMITS FOR YARD SALES. ONE REASON FOR THE PERMIT, ACCORDING TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THAT THEY CAN BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ATMOSPHERE, IF THEY ARE HELD ON A CONSTANT BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A YARD SALE PERMIT IN SALINAS IS 12 DOLLARS, VERSUS THE 6 DOLLARS CHARGED BY MONTEREY. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED THAT THERE ARE SHORTFALLS INVOLVED IN THEIR PROVISONS, SUCH AS RESTRICTING THE HOUSEHOLD TO ONE GARAGE SALE PER YEAR. HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES IF SOMEONE DOES NOT HAVE A PERMIT.

A  22  YEAR-OLD MAN  WAS  ARRESTED  FRIDAY  AFTER  HE  WAS  SEEN  DRIVING  RECKLESSLY  ON  GREEN  VALLEY  ROAD  IN  WATSONVILLE  YESTERDAY  (FRIDAY).    WATSONVILLE  RESIDENT  JAMES  AUDRIC  CRUZ  WAS  SPOTTED  AND  STOPPED  SHORTLY  BEFORE  7  P-M.    THE  KNOWN  GANG  MEMBER  WAS  FOUND  TO  HAVE  A  CONCEALED,  LOADED  REVOLVER  IN  HIS  PANTS  POCKET.    CRUZ  WAS  BOOKED  INTO  SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY  JAIL.